@kitsuna77 said:
It would be interesting to see if aircraft could eventually be added into the game. It would be cool to have to build a landing strip for said vehicles, and use them to transport goods, equipment and people. Plus it would also add a nice alternative on larger worlds or reaching remote area's
Thanks for your suggestions! I've added them to our Suggestions Github here https://github.com/StrangeLoopGames/EcoSuggestions/issues/35

I am reminded by this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN-34JfUrHY
If you want to see how you can start with absolutely nothing and make stuff, that is a video for you. And it isn't even a game. I agree that if you want to have a bootstrapping going on from people to start with, it would be tools like the one made in the above video.
Other videos by this same person show how to make bricks, a simple kiln, and other really interesting devices completely from scratch and only with tools you make from raw resources like a really hardcore wilderness survival experience.

@rentechd The current estimation for a fully terra-formed mars does not keep in mind advancing technology at all. Which makes it per definition, the very worst case scenario. I do assume exponential technological growth due to AI and brain-interfacing technologies. Both on Elon Musk's to do list by the way :P
It would likely start by creating a magnetic field, which is the biggest issue to terraforming Mars. The only thing keeping us from starting the process right now. And yes, this could take a long time, but not 1000's of years, likely we'll have the technology in about 50 years or so, then the engineering in 70. Kick-starting the core might prove too difficult to do, but it can be achieved in multiple other ways as you said.
A satellite between the Sun and Mars emitting a magnetic field is the more realistic option in my eyes. But still far from our current capability. The biggest limitations are getting the material there, which the Mars colonization in the coming decades will likely make easier due to breakthroughs in space-travel. And the creation of a giant magnetic field. But that's just a power issue. We just need better solar panels and that problem is likely solvable.
The moment we manage a magnetic field, we'd start creating and spreading human-made bacteria/nanobots to produce the things we need for an atmosphere. Most necessities are already on Mars and do not require asteroids to impact the surface at all. It just needs recombining atoms into the correct molecules, which we are getting much better at at a rapid pace.
Temperatures would rise due to Mars having an atmosphere again.
The entirety of Mars could have an atmosphere in just a few years after having a magnetosphere. Yes we can place plants and animals on Mars to make it look a bit more like Earth, but we wouldn't need those in order to be able to walk on Mars without protection. The bacteria could already provide the function plants have on Earth.

agree about the shelves, and combined with this idea:
http://ecoforum.strangeloopgames.com/topic/2334/containers-for-farmers-chefs
Makes it complete and we could play around with shops and displays more...